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Industrial Fire Team Leader 32-Hour Course

Overview:
This advanced level course provides the student opportunities to perform a comprehensive emergency scene size-up and develop tactics and strategies to perform as a Fire Team Leader under the supervision of the Fire Brigade Chief. The scope of this course is limited to those standards and guidelines for fire brigade members who have leadership responsibility.

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart L is referenced in this course, however, the functions that the industrial fire brigade team leader will be expected to perform in the workplace are site-specific and will vary from facility to facility and from company to company.

Purpose:
This course is designed for persons who have prior industrial fire brigade training to bring them to a level of training where the skills and abilities to function as an industrial fire team leader can be utilized. Upon successful completion of this course the student will be well positioned to continue their development of the strategies and tactics to effectively mitigate an emergency incident.

Format:
This course consists of lectures, classroom demonstrations, presentations, and table-top training evolutions.

Classroom Modules:
Case history studies, the Command Sequence, scene size-up, risk analysis, pre-emergency planning, tactical objectives, action planning, establishing command ICS organization, incident safety officer and accountability, apparatus placement and staging, monitor and line placement, LP gas emergencies, foam applications and tactics, new technology, and petroleum storage tanks.

Hands-On Student Activities:
Advanced strategy & tactics for gas and liquid hydrocarbon fires. Effective communication exercises. Students will also engage in interactive simulation exercises.

Audience:
All personnel who are currently serving on, or will be assigned to serve on a industrial fire brigade in a fire team leadership position, or those with command responsibilities at emergencies. This course is also very suitable for management & training personnel who are responsible for developing procedures and training for industrial fire brigade members.

Cost:
Minimum number of Students is 6.
Cost per student is: $ 875.00 and includes lunch meals each day.

Location:
All courses are conducted at the Beaumont Emergency Services Training Complex (BEST Complex) located in Beaumont, Texas. The facility is designed to offer training for emergency services.

Policies:
For the safety of our students and instructors, and for an uninterrupted course structure, guidelines have been set for course participation. Inability to meet prerequisites set by BEST Complex may result in incomplete training and therefore render participant ineligible to receive course Certificate of Completion.

Physical Condition Of Student:
All students must arrive for training free of any condition, physical or other that would prevent them from actively participating in all course activities. Due to the strenuous work requirements in some areas, we strongly recommend that each student secure a professional evaluation of their physical condition before enrollment.

Financial Responsibility For Medical Treatment:
Payment for all medical care, first aid and related charges, if needed, will be the sole responsibility for the sponsoring corporation, business, organization or individual.

Fees:
Fees paid for courses do not include lodging. Tuition must be paid prior to or on the first day of class unless your company has made other arrangements for payment. Prices for individual courses are subject to change without notice.

Substitutes:
If an enrolled student is unable to attend, a substitute may be sent if that person is eligible under the conditions previously stated.

Cancellation:
There may be cases where the desired course does not have the minimum number of attendees in order to hold the course. In such cases the course will be cancelled.

Students who miss any blocks of training will receive an “Attended Certificate” only.

*Note: Course tuition is subject to change without notice.

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